Memorial Day, traditionally observed on May 30th but now on the last Monday in May, began as a recognition of the men who died to preserve the Union during the Civil War. As time went on, this holiday broadened to include all soldiers who gave their lives for our country, and then all those we love who have passed on – a quiet day of reflection and of tribute to the dear ones we have lost. Across the United States, families visit cemeteries and decorate the graves of loved ones with flowers. In Arlington National Cemetery, a flag is placed at each of the thousands of graves there by a member of an Army regiment assigned this special duty. At KanColl, we pay our respects to the people, remembered in our pages, who have died but left us a legacy of life, learning, and freedom. We honor people like E. C. D. Lines – Eddie Lines – who died in the service of his country during the Civil War ... Elijah Doughty, infantryman in the West in the 1800s, and Ben Cruzan, bugler in Europe in World War I ... and Captain, later Brigadier-General Randolph Barnes Marcy, who devoted his life to military service and the West in the last half of the nineteenth century. We remember family such as Harold C. Place, editor of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce magazine, Progress in Kansas and his wife Irma ... Margaret Stafford Young, a woman who taught her family some of the most important things in life ... and Gordon McLin, Kansan through and through. We remember all the voices who echo in KanColl's pages, sharing their lives, their joys and sorrows, and the lessons they learned about life and service. They left a record for us, and on this day, we honor them, and thank them for the legacy they left us, not only on paper, but in the lives of those they touched. Here is a list of some of those voices in KanColl: Josiah Gregg, Commerce of the Prairies Frank S. Edwards, A Campaign in New Mexico With Col. Doniphan Sara Robinson, Kansas: Its Interior and Exterior Life Hannah Anderson Ropes, Six Months in Kansas John W. Geary, Governor Geary's Administration in Kansas (by John H. Gihon, M.D.) Capt. Randolph Barnes Marcy, The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Miriam Davis Colt, Went to Kansas Richard Cordley, A History of Lawrence, Kansas, The Lawrence Massacre and Pioneer Days in Kansas Joseph G. McCoy, Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest William G. Cutler, The Andreas History of the State of Kansas and The Andreas History of the State of Nebraska Percy G. Ebbutt, Emigrant Life in Kansas John N. Reynolds, Twin Hells William M. Thayer, Extract from Marvels of the New West William Allen White, The Real Issue, What's the Matter with Kansas? and The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Eugene Ware, Some of the Rhymes of Ironquill Charles M. Sheldon, In His Steps and Howard Chase, Red Hill William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Last of the Great Scouts (by Helen Wetmore Cody) Lyman Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz F. F. Crevecoeur, Old Settlers' Tales Carrie De Voe, Legends of the Kaw Leverett Wilson Spring, KANSAS: The Prelude to the War for the Union Ed. Blair, The History of Johnson County, Kansas A. M. Harvey, Tales and Trails of Wakarusa Melissa Genett Anderson, The Story of a Kansas Pioneer Rosie Clem Maxton, The Last One James C. Malin, The Grassland of North America and A Sampler Roscoe Fleming, "Kansas, 'Ad Astra Per Aspera'" James Whitcomb Riley, "A Tale of the Airly Days" Harold C. and Irma Place, "Progress in Kansas", the 1930s Kansas State Chamber of Commerce magazine Homer White Marie Boling Cornelius (by Bus Cornelius) Benjamin Edgar Cruzan, A Soldier's Diary and Views of War Elijah Nelson Doughty, Civil War Diary of Travels William Anderson Thornton, Diary: Military Expedition to New Mexico Alonzo and Jacob Ragle, The Ragle Letters Thomas Wells, Letters of a Kansas Pioneer, 1855-1860 Edwin Tucker, Diary Mary Jones, Letter William Smith, Letter Clay and Kate Bowen, Prairie Homestead: Richard Smith, Letter to Edward Beedles Elizabeth Totten, Life on the Plains Winton Slagle Sipe, Memories of a Kansas Farm Boy Watson Stewart, Personal Memoirs Nancy Wisner, Recollections of Pioneer Life E. T. McFarland, Memories of Kansas Settlement Robert Condon Stone, Reminiscences Mary Beeson, Autobiography William Darnell, Reminiscences (with George Root) Bennett and Millie Scribner, and William Tharp, How WILLIAM met MILLIE (by Tommy Graham) Dolly Belt, "Nick Names of Lane, Kansas" Benjamin Franklin Smith, Memories of Lincoln and Douglas U. S. Grant Sanders, Frank Bursinger Fred Wishart, The Zulu Sarah Edna Eutsler Kennedy, "Autobiography" Elizabeth Garen, "Scrap Book" C. L. Edson, "The Old Windmill" by C.L. Edson Sherman Peter Young, "The Factual History of Kansas" "Tales of the Smokey Hills: Brownie, a Hobo" (by Jim Sumner) "J. C. Returns Home" and "J. C. Redfield: Sheriff" (by Ray Downing) Honas Henning and Amelia Beckman, A Pretty Church Wedding contributed by John Maier Josephine Winifred Hammond Crawford, Josie's Ledger John Newton, Amazing Grace William Jennings Bryan, The Cross of Gold Speech Dr. R. C. McClymonds, Excerpt from Physician's Pocket Account Book Ruth Considine, Aunt Ruth's Pioneer Woman (by Mary Ann Sachse Brown) Howard Raynesford, The Raynesford Papers -- Notes on Kansas Trails and the Butterfield Overland Despatch Margaret Young Stafford, A Life of Strength (by James E. Stafford) Gordon McLin, Kansan. (adapted from Rev. Paul B. Mitchell's remarks) McKinley Burnett, Fired by a Dream Nellie Cronk, The Remarkable Young Woman from Turkey Creek (by Gail Martin) Mark Carlton, Who was the Wheat Dreamer? (by Michelle Stafford) Cora Pickering Cordell (by Julie Schossow) Dr. Ellis Hobson, Obituaries John Brown of Osawatomie and Daguerrotype of John Brown taken in 1847 Tom Smith, Tom Smith of Abilene (by Dick Taylor) Joseph Dvorak and Francis Zvolanek, Life Altering Decisions (by Eric Taylor) Abraham Rothrock (by Barbara Hill) Florence Betz, Wheat Field, 1940 Company M, at the Marion County Court House, 1916 or 1917 Yates Center boys, First to Leave in World War I Freese Family Photograph Album People of Great Bend, Kansas: A Photographic Album Portrait Gallery of Eminent Kansans Well-Known Visitors of Early-Day Kansas Class of District School No. 6, Douglas County, Kansas (1897) The University of Kansas Orchestra (1904) Rick Housh's Family Photographs Old Elsmore School, Douglas County, Kansas (1917) From the Preface to Tom Carney's book, The Way It Was: |